Category Archives: Travel Well, my bags are packed and an early start back from the banks of the Mosel tomorrow morning, heading up to Frankfurt Airport to wend my way back to Charlotte, NC. I’ll end my European sejour at the beginning…. where nearly three weeks ago, Karen Burns and myself stepped of our plane in Toulouse and […]  I jumped in the Mother’s motor today with the notion of tripping to Trier to take some pictures of the fabulous city and cathedral there…. little did I know that I would be stymied by “Happy Mosel” Day, where many of the roads along the Mosel River are given over to foot, bike and rollerblade […]  My mother lives barely a few minutes away from the picturesque town of Bernkastel-Kues on the Mosel River. It’s quite the idyllic spot and super super full of tourists during the warm sunny months. Over the winter there was a town edict to repaint and primp all the old buildings in the village and so […]  I umm’ed and ahh’ed about going for yet another walk tonight around sunset – he weather was much cooler and it was tempting to stay inside. I’m glad however that I didn’t. Even though I did not take my tripod, I managed to shoot some hand held HDR shots of the evening sky with the […]  Yesterday Karen and I took our jolly band along to the village of Montolieu, otherwise known as the Book Village (http://www.montolieu-livre.fr). It’s a superb spot, lots of ancient buildings, wonderful views and of course books, books and more books! A little house here would not go amiss!!! |
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